liTEED OF Dairy Improvement Association Work 



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To show the possibilities of good selection, careful breeding, 

 and economic feeding, we compare two Oneida County herds in 

 the same locality and the same association, from which the milk 

 was sold at the same price. Their record is shown in the follow- 

 ing table : 



Pounds milk 



Average per cow . . 



Pounds fat 



Average per cow . . 

 Value of product . 

 Average per cow . . 



Cost of feed 



Average per cow . . 

 Profit over feed . . . 

 Average per covy . . 

 Labor, depreciation 



and interest .... 

 Average per cow . . 



Total cost 



Average per cow . . 



Net profit 



Average per cow . . 



Net loss 



Average per cow . . 

 Net cost per 100 



pounds milk 



Cost per quart milk . 

 Return for 1 hour 



labor 



Record op Entire 

 Herd 



Herd 1 

 (9 cows) 



Herd 2 



(23 cows) 



93 , 875 . 2 



10,4.30.5 



3,112.8 



345.8 



51,485 31 



165 03 



671 26 



74 58 



814 05 



90 45 



315 00 

 35 00 

 980 26 

 109 58 

 499 05 

 55 45 



1 05 

 0225 



66 



138,827.0 



6, 035. It 



4,574.7 



198 9 



$2,185 64 



95 03 



1,513 76 



65 81 



671 88 



29 21 



805 00 



35 00 



2,318 76 



100 81 



133 12 

 5 79 



Record of Best 

 5 Cows 



Herd 1 



1 67 

 0359 



14 



57,964.3 



11,592.8 



1,952.0 



390.4 



$926 29 



185 26 



378 80 



75 76 



547 49 



109 50 



175 00 



35 00 



553 80 



110 76 

 372 49 



74 50 



955 

 0195 



82 



Herd 2 



41,422.7 



8,284.5 



1,282.4 



256.5 



$680 20 



136 04 



371 75 



74 35 



288 45 



57 69 



175 00 

 35 00 

 566 75 

 113.35 

 133 45 

 26.69 



08 

 0294 



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Record of Best 

 Cow 



Herd 1 



12,525.3 



"43i!5' 



$i97 92' 



"82 26' 



iis 66' 



35 00 



'il7'26' 



"so 66' 



930 

 0201 



87 



Herd 2 



9,132.3 

 "276!6' 



1 429 

 0307 



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Note. — Charge for labor, $22 per cow; and for interest and depreciation, $13 per cow, for one 

 year. 



The herd of nine cows made a profit over all expenses of 

 $499.05, while the herd of twenty-three cows lost $133.12, yet 

 the owner had five cows that made for him a profit of $133.45. 

 The reader will also notice the difference in the return for labor 

 in the two herds. 



After deducting the record of the best five cows in each herd, 

 we have left four cows in Herd 1 and eighteen cows in Herd 2. 

 The following table gives their record : 



